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<H3><A NAME="M2">NAME</A></H3>
Tcl_GetHostName &mdash; get the name of the local host
<H3><A NAME="M3">SYNOPSIS</A></H3>
<B>#include &lt;tcl.h&gt;</B><BR>
const char *<BR>
<B>Tcl_GetHostName</B>()<BR>
<H3><A NAME="M4">DESCRIPTION</A></H3>
<B>Tcl_GetHostName</B> is a utility procedure used by some of the
Tcl commands.  It returns a pointer to a string containing the name
for the current machine, or an empty string if the name cannot be
determined.  The string is statically allocated, and the caller must
not modify of free it.
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<H3><A NAME="M5">KEYWORDS</A></H3>
<A href="../Keywords/H.htm#hostname">hostname</A>
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